by Ai Friendly | Aug 12, 2020 | Witty Repartee on any topic
If asked yesterday, I would have preferred Rice. In hindsight (always the clearest and most accurate sight) I think Biden made the best choice. Kamala is the more edgy and feisty of the two, so she makes a good addition to the ticket in that respect. President Trump...
by Ai Friendly | Jul 28, 2020 | Witty Repartee on any topic
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write a famous author and ask for advice. Kurt Vonnegut was the only one to respond – and his response is magnificent: “Dear Xavier High School, and Ms. Lockwood, and Messrs Perin, McFeely, Batten, Maurer...
by Ai Friendly | Jul 16, 2020 | Witty Repartee on any topic
Another on my books I haven’t read list is White Fragility by Robin Diangelo. This white woman makes a strong case that white people are overly defensive about matters of racial history. It’s a good point. You don’t have to look very far to find rabid examples of...
by Ai Friendly | May 18, 2020 | Witty Repartee on any topic
College and high school The Freakonomics broadcast on Sunday last (5/17) interviewed some of the people tasked with the responsibilities of making decisions about school opening procedures. The show also featured some very favorable prognostications as to the future...
by Ai Friendly | Mar 17, 2020 | Witty Repartee on any topic
by Jim Stehr The 1918 influenza pandemic killed an estimated 17 to 100 million people world-wide, including 600,000 in the United States. Warren Harding became president in March 1921 when unemployment was 23.1%. Harding, and more so his successor Calvin...
by Ai Friendly | Feb 12, 2020 | Witty Repartee on any topic
I enjoyed this Carl Sagan video on the existence of God (Link below). Note the use of the capital “G” in God. It makes no sense to discuss small letter g’s. In the video, an audience member off-camera asks Mr. Sagan if we shouldn’t start giving more...
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